Ignazio_Marabitti

Ignazio Marabitti

Ignazio Marabitti

Italian sculptor

Ignazio Marabitti (6 September 1719[1] in Palermo – 1797 in Palermo) was a Sicilian sculptor of the late Baroque period.

Fountain of the Genius of Palermo
Holy water font for the church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini in Palermo.

He trained in Rome in the studio of Filippo della Valle, head of the Accademia di San Luca, but was mainly active in Sicily, where his works can be found in Siracusa, Caltanisetta, Catania, Messina, and Palermo.

Among his notable works is the Fontana del Genio a Villa Giulia, and statues on the facades of the Cathedral of Syracuse and the Cathedral of Palermo.

References

  • Wittkower, R.; Connors, J.; Montagu, J. (1999). Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600–1750: Volume 3: Late Baroque and Rococo, 1675–1750. The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07941-8. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  1. [1]
    La Sicilia nel secolo XVIII e la poesia satiricoburlesca By Giuseppe Leanti, page 163.
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